I NEED SOME EXPERT HELP PLEASE :)

[aceyboii]

I'm trying to go for 1st overall in my league & i have started planning my team for the finals. My Team now is

Defenders
H Scotland B Deledio B Gibbs B Goddard H Shaw J Adcock G Broughton N Lower L Thompson P Puopolo

Midfielders
M Boyd A Swallow D Swan A Goodes S Savage N Fyfe L Jetta D Harris I Callinan

Rucks
D Cox A Sandilands Z Smith A Browne

Forwards
P Chapman A Krakouer I Smith M Lobbe M Pavlich C Knights T Mzungu C Richardson J Darling B Matera

Bold=Bench
Bold Underline=Projected Captain

I Have 5 trades left & $69000 in the bank. So far i have planned to:
Downgrade J Adcock to A Hooper (Use Money In Other Places & Have Lower To Replace Adcocks Spot) $287700 in bank
Upgrade J Darling to C Sylvia $143400 in bank
Upgrade C Knights to J Brennan $18300 in bank
Downgrade B Gibbs to C Newman (Because Of Bye In Round 23) $47200 in bank
Upgrade H Scotland to S Fisher (Because Of Bye In Round 23) $21500 in bank

That would make my final team

Defenders
S Fisher B Deledio C Newman B Goddard H Shaw G Broughton N Lower P Puopolo A Hooper L Thompson

Midfielders
M Boyd A Swallow D Swan A Krakouer S Savage N Fyfe I Callinan D Harris L Jetta

Rucks
D Cox A Sandilands Z Smith A Browne

Forwards
P Chapman A Goodes I Smith M Pavlich T Mzungu C Sylvia J Brennan M Lobbe C Richardson B Matera

The teams average projected score is 2303 & $21500 left in bank

1) Can i use the $21500 anywhere else in my trades
2) Any opinions/suggestions on my trades
3) Any Changes You Would Make

Thanks in advance.

[Ringo]

Where are you situated in League at the moment.  If sitting in top 4 and can not lose a position in the 4 with three league rounds remaining  I would sit till round 19 or 20 before commencing the trades.  Will allow you to observe how Sandi comes back, Is Fishers last week just a flop or is he carrying an injury, will Adcock form improve with Staker and Drummond coming back. This may also open up other options (eg if Sandi back then carrying $300k+ ruck Smith not economical)
Good to have a plan butprepared to be a little flexible as well as LTI's may stuff it up.

[aceyboii]

thanks, im 5th but one loss & i can drop to 9th so im sorta stressin cause i finished 9th last year by 4% and i was humiliated by the whole league.
Im holding smith because of sandi being precautious with injuries leading to finals & i made sure i have a decent emergency in all departments.

[Torress]

i'd prob be more inclined to use sandi for cash rather than adcock. it would be crap for u to have sandi and 500k sitting on your pine.
i agree with previous perhaps wait but if you HAVE to win, then maybe i don't know. m8 u could go j.tippet (GCS) for sandi - u have lobbe in your forwards and that will give u a ruck forward link incase smith doesn't play. he is 130k or so? that gives u even more cash to play with. if your that low on trades i wouldn't be "planning"to double trade out both gibbs and scotland in r23, and by the sounds of it your no guarantee of getting there! i think sylvia and brennan aint bad options, mostly as they are cheap! i'd plan on getting rid of one of your blues in r23. but still a long time to go anything (gazza on wkend) can happen.
so i'd reccomend j.tippet in for sandi - the other trades would be up to u! good luck m8

[Ringo]

Why not go Smith to Joel Tippet to get cash now as you have the Lobbe option to transfer back and lobbe is currently scoring as well as Smith and then Knights to ROK.  Then sit and reassess as you will only have three trades left